Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:53:19 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 18:45:29, Steven J. Brann wrote: >On September 22, 2002 at 17:39:30, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 22, 2002 at 17:28:55, Steven J. Brann wrote: >> >>>On September 22, 2002 at 16:36:21, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On September 22, 2002 at 16:26:19, Steven J. Brann wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 22, 2002 at 00:37:09, John Merlino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>The path in cm.ini is: >>>>>>>EGDBPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Steven\My Documents\Chessmaster 9000\EGDB >>>>>>> >>>>>>>And the EGDB files are there. >>>>>> >>>>>>Ok. I'm going to ask you to do the same steps that I asked Kurt to do. >>>>>> >>>>>>1) Set up a position with two kings and two pawns. >>>>>>2) Open the "Coach" window and go to the Advice Tab. For every move in the list, >>>>>>there should be either a "Black Mates in...", "White Mates in..." or "Game is >>>>>>Drawn". If you see this, then the EGDBs are working properly. >>>>> >>>>>John, the advice tab in the coach window just gives the possible moves. No mate >>>>>in X is displayed. >>>>> >>>>>Confirms the fact that it's not working I guess. >>>>> >>>>>Steve >>>> >>>>Very odd. Have you changed ANYTHING about your installation? What installation >>>>option did you choose? Did you download the EGDB generator? Did you ever edit >>>>the cm.ini file to change the EGDBPath setting? And, as a last resort, have you >>>>tried uninstalling and reinstalling? >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>The only thing I changed in the install was to specify another drive partition >>>other than the default which was F:\Gam\Program Files\Ubi Soft etc. I did the >>>complete install. >>> >>>I did download the EGDB generator but have not installed it. I did not edit the >>>EGDB path setting... just changed the ttable size for mentor from 21 to 128MB. >>> >>>I have not tried another install, but unless you can see anything else I could >>>do, I will try that. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Steve >> >>Other than giving me the list of the files in the EGDB folder, so I can see what >>files might be missing, I can't think of anything other than uninstalling and >>reinstalling (which I know is annoying). >> >>Just FYI, since Kurt mentioned it, several people HAVE reported problems with >>the EGDBs appearing to not work, but in every case it was either user error or >>user confusion. I have no idea what it can be in this case, however.... >> >>jm > >John, > >The EGDB folder contains 228 files, 188MB (197,673,444 bytes) > >Do I have everything? > >Steve That is exactly right. I remain clueless.... :-( When I asked you to enter a position with two kings and two (2) pawns, do you remember what the position was? I would like to try it myself. jm
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